Garden-shears.



L. G. TUNSTEADI GARDEN SHBARS. APPLICATION FILED MAB. s1, 1914.

1, 1 01,890. Patented June 30, 1914.

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LOUISA CATHERINE TUNSTEAD, '03.il VICTORIA, BBTS-l COLUMBIA, CANADA.

GARIBEN-SREABS moreno.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, LoUIsA CATHERINE Tnissrnan, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Garden-Shears, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in grass cutting garden shears, having lengt-hened, upturned and adjustable handles the shears being mounted on a light :trame which is provided with wheels and adjustable thereon in its height from theground.

The object of the invention is to provide shears of this class which are more conveniently applicable for cutting grass around the edges and borders of plots which are inaccessible to an ordinary lawn mower.

The invention is particularly described in the following speciiication, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shears complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view to an enlarged scale of the carrying frame, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detailof the manner of attaching the wheels to the said carrying frame so as to render it adjustable as to its height from the ground, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail in section showing the manner of adjustably securing the handles in the lengthening tubes. F ig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view that illustrates the adjustability of the handle 5. Fig. 6 is a detail longitudinal section of the shear blades and their pivotal connection with the frame member 11.

In these drawings, 2 represents the shear blades, the handle ends, 3 of which are upwardly turned and are brazed or otherwise suitably secured in the lower end of tubular extension members, e. Vithin the upper ends of these tubular members 4 bent handle rods, l5 are telescopically slidable, so as to be adjustable in length to the requirements of the user. rlhe rods, 5 may be secured in any position of adjustment by any suitable means. ln Fig. et of the drawing they are shown as each slidably passing through a split conical sleeve, G, the taper of the outer side of Jthe cone fitting in the end of the tube, 4l and tightened therein by a nut, 7 threaded on the outside of the tube and internally shouldered to engage the upper end of the conical sleeve and press it into the end of the tube, 4, thereby closing the sleeve,

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to grip the rod. rEhe shears, are mounted on a substantially triangular plate ltrame, 11, the pivot pin 10 ot' the shears being shouldered where it passes through the plate and provided with a nut on the underside. By this means the pivot may be securely held in the plate while the shear blades are allowed freedom of movement on the pin. Lugs 1Q., are upturned from each side at the back end of the plate trame, 11 'for the connection thereto or" the wheels, 17 on which it is supported at any desired height Jfrom the ground. Each lug, 12, is provided with a vertically elongated aaerture 13, for the squared or flattened neck, 15, of the axle bolt, 14, and these bolts are secured at any desired position of vertical adjustment in the elongated aperture, 13, by nuts on the outer ends of the bolts, which nuts tighten against a tubular sleeve, 16, fitting on the bolt and bearing against the lug, 12.

rllhe sleeve, 16 is slightly longer than the hub of the wheel, 17, so that the axle bolt may be securely tightened in the lug of the trame, 11, without interfering with the tree rotation of the wheel on the sleeve. By this construction an exceedingly simple and effective garden shears of this class are provided, the same being adjustable in the cutting height of the shears from the ground and in the upwardly turned length of the handles to suit the user. Its operative parts are tree 'from any complication liable to clog and interfere with the` free act-ion of the shears, and they are light and convenient to operate. l am aware that various attempts have previously been made to produce grass cutting shears of this class, but the same have been complicated in design and wanting in the facility tor adjustment here aliorded.

What I claim is 1. Grass cutting shears comprising the combination with a pair of shears having upwardly turned extended handles, of means for ad'ustabl suaoortino the shears from combination with a pair of shears, the

handle ends of which are upwardly turned and elongated, a substantially triangular plate frame, in the forward end of which the pivot of the shears is secured, the after end of said vtraine having lateral projections, which are upwardly turned at right angles to the plate and have vertically elongated apertures, an axle bolt having a square neck to fit the width of each aperture of each upwardly turned projection, a tubular sleeve tit-ting on each bolt, and a wheel rotatably mounted on each sleeve, the length of the boss of said wheel being less than the length of the sleeve, and means for tightening the sleeve against the upwardly turned projection.

3. Grass cutting shears, comprising the combination with a pair of shears the handle ends of which are upwardly turned and have tubular extensions secured to them,

angularly bent handle rods telescopically slidable within the tubular extensions, a conical split sleeve slidably fitting on each rod, a nut threaded on the outside of the tube and having an inwardly projecting shoulder to engage the end of the conical sleeve, a substantially triangular plate frame in the forward end of which the pivot of the shears is secured, the after end o'f the frame having lateral projections which are upwardly turned at right angles to the plate, each upwardly turned projection having a vertically elongated aperture, an axle bolt adjustably secured in each aperture and a wheel rotatable on each axle bolt.

LOUISA CATHERINE TUNSTEAD. 1l/l/'itnesses E. E. Woo'rfron,

H. N. llVooTroN,

A. lV. CAMERON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner o1 Patents, Washington, D. C. 

